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11/30/2010 11:10:55 AM · #1 |
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.
//www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html
Very exciting...maybe?
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11/30/2010 11:43:15 AM · #2 |
To quote from The Register: //www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/30/nasa_aliens_revelations/
Originally posted by :
But, until the embargo on the NASA story this week ends, we can't reveal what it is that the space boffins are going to announce. Now is surely the time for wild and colourful speculation, not dull scientific fact.
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11/30/2010 11:55:49 AM · #3 |
| Well, that is very cool; I must admit I don't have a clue as to what they are announcing. I guess one could research the participants to see what their research foci are, might tell us something about what's up... or we could just be lazy and wait three days ;-) |
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11/30/2010 12:07:42 PM · #4 |
| I heard Jeff Goldblum discovered something while fixing his satellite TV. |
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11/30/2010 12:09:56 PM · #5 |
| They are announcing that with more funding they will be able to make further announcements. I am for more funding. |
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11/30/2010 12:23:37 PM · #6 |
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11/30/2010 01:01:46 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by David Ey:
They are announcing that with more funding they will be able to make further announcements. I am for more funding. |
I am for less funding. To my mind, the search for extraterrestrial life is a mere novelty. We can't afford novelty right now. |
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11/30/2010 01:19:55 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by larryslights:
Originally posted by David Ey:
They are announcing that with more funding they will be able to make further announcements. I am for more funding. |
I am for less funding. To my mind, the search for extraterrestrial life is a mere novelty. We can't afford novelty right now. |
why? we get some of our best technology from space and military programs.
Message edited by author 2010-11-30 13:20:15. |
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11/30/2010 03:21:41 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by larryslights:
We can't afford novelty right now. |
Good thing our parents generation had money for such silly stuff as trying to put a man on the moon, so we could get such novelties as the computer mouse, lifeshears, cochlear implants, weather satillites, the integrated circut, the digital watch, tefflon, the dustbuster, instant thermometers, memory foam, infant formula, GPS, oh, and digital cameras. All products made originally for NASA |
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11/30/2010 03:29:38 PM · #10 |
| Dooooods! Let us not let the thread degenerate into rant. |
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11/30/2010 03:41:29 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Dooooods! Let us not let the thread degenerate into rant. |
What he said. :) |
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11/30/2010 03:51:19 PM · #12 |
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11/30/2010 04:08:59 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
...brace for impact. |
That's what she said.
If the aliens look anything like my favourite Borg, Seven of Nine...
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11/30/2010 04:16:46 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by aliqui:
...brace for impact. |
That's what she said.
If the aliens look anything like my favourite Borg, Seven of Nine... |
if this turns you on you might be in luck:
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11/30/2010 04:21:14 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by aliqui:
...brace for impact. |
That's what she said.
If the aliens look anything like my favourite Borg, Seven of Nine... |
if this turns you on you might be in luck:
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Looks more like the result of turning me on.
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11/30/2010 04:31:30 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Good thing our parents generation had money for such silly stuff as trying to put a man on the moon, so we could get such novelties as the ...cochlear implants...products made originally for NASA |
Amen to that. Being able to "hear", albeit not very well, has changed a whole lot in MY life :-)
R. |
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11/30/2010 05:34:15 PM · #17 |
My guess is that they are announcing they discovered intelligent life on THIS planet...
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11/30/2010 06:06:49 PM · #18 |
| Slippy, you might want to see a doctor soon. That specimen don't look too good. |
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11/30/2010 07:11:18 PM · #19 |
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11/30/2010 07:14:25 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Citadel:
My guess is that they are announcing they discovered intelligent life on THIS planet... |
Not a chance in the world of that.. |
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11/30/2010 07:33:12 PM · #21 |
| Anyone have a Babel Fish I can borrow? |
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11/30/2010 07:48:32 PM · #22 |
| So, the announcement is rumored to concern a discovery related to arsenic-based biochemistry and its implications for life here on Earth and elsewhere. |
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11/30/2010 08:23:10 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Looks more like the result of turning me on. |
i dont even know how to respond...
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11/30/2010 09:52:43 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by BrennanOB:
Originally posted by larryslights:
We can't afford novelty right now. |
Good thing our parents generation had money for such silly stuff as trying to put a man on the moon, so we could get such novelties as the computer mouse, lifeshears, cochlear implants, weather satillites, the integrated circut, the digital watch, tefflon, the dustbuster, instant thermometers, memory foam, infant formula, GPS, oh, and digital cameras. All products made originally for NASA |
Just saw this article, and it reminded me of this thread, and BrennanOB's post:
China rise a "Sputnik moment" for clean energy
The last thing the west needs is to stop funding basic science. This goes for theoretical physics, astronomy, astrobiology, climate science, you name it. The technology gained from this is what will drive our grandchildrens economy. |
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11/30/2010 09:55:23 PM · #25 |
| my guess its some bacteria from outter space. Hopefully its a new space dog or even better a squirrel from netptune. :D |
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